Carmo, Believe you seem to have missed the point of Alan's story.
Lawrence ----- On 7/26/06, CARMO DCRUZ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi Alan, > > Thanks for sharing with us your educational experience. It should be a wake > up call for many of our Goan underachievers in school and no one should be > written off as mediocre because there are a number of late bloomers in life. > > However, in this high tech economy, we should encourage and inspire all our > Goan students to aim straight for the top and get into medical schools or > the IITs (Indian Institutes of Technology) and not the ITIs (Industrial > Training Institutes). Its not just a matter of interchanging syllables - > there is a VERY BIG difference ! > > While the IITs train their graduates to be graduate engineers with B.Tech, > M. Tech and PhD degrees, which lead to careers as engineers, scientists, top > level managers, executives, academics, captains of industry (and even Chief > Minister) - The ITI training leads to Diplomas and relatively lower level > technician, and trade jobs in most cases. There are seven IITs at present > with sprawling campuses in Mumbai, Delhi, Chennai, Kanpur, Kharagpur (near > Calcutta), Roorkee and in Guwahati (Assam). ITIs can be found in every > metropolitan area. > > While all our Goan students who aim for the IITs may not get in because of > the stringent IIT Joint Entrance Exams (IIT JEE) at the end of the 12th > standard - If they prepare for the IIT JEE in advance they will atleast be > able to get into the engineering colleges which train their graduates to be > graduate engineers with a BE (Bachelor of Engineering) degree. However for > all Goans, IIT awareness and preparation in Maths and Science should start > from Grade 1. > > We have had many outsanding Goans who have graduated from the IITs - for > example Victor Menezes (former CEO of Citibank), Ashank Desai (Founder/CEO > of Mastek Inc.), former CM Manohar Parrikar and even Fr. Francis D'Mello > (head of the Bombay Jesuit province), just to name a few. > > We should leave all the ITI slots, skills and trades for the non-Goan > students from nearby Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Kerala and encourage our > Goans to get into the IITs and Engineering colleges en masse for the greater > glory of Goa ! > > Best Regards, > > Dr. Carmo D'Cruz, > Goan, IITian - Class of 82, > Indian Harbour Beach, Florida. > > >From: Goanet Reader > >Subject: [Goanet-news] Goanet Reader: Of lemons,bricks and melons: don't > > > >Of lemons, bricks and melons: don't write off anyone as mediocre > > > >Alan Dias > > > >Each of us have in us the ability and capacity to make a > >difference to our own life and to that of others with whom we > >interact in the journey we call life. Surprisingly, I did not > >make much of a difference when I was at St Brittos's, so few > >of the pupils of St Britto's at Mapusa would probably > >remember me. > _______________________________________________ > Goanet mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org > -- Google picks Goencar.com for Branded E-mail. Goa lovers around the globe may request their free @goencar.com e-mail addresses by writing to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the following information: * Your full name. * Desired ID (the you in [EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- _______________________________________________ Goanet mailing list [email protected] http://lists.goanet.org/listinfo.cgi/goanet-goanet.org
